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HARC serves as a valuable resource for both the private and public sector. Here you will find the latest news regarding HARC's research in the areas of air quality, water quality,clean energy, and resilience. HARC's communications department is ready to assist you with interview and research requests, press releases, media resources, and recent coverage of HARC.

The change in travel habits following stay-at-home orders issued in late March has spurred the Houston Advanced Research Center to begin analyzing how closely those orders were followed as well as how these new patterns could affect air quality and energy use in the region.

The Climate Action Plan, introduced on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, is the product of more than a year of discussions among the city and representatives from the business sector, academia, environmental organizations and the community.

Research shows the Greater Houston area’s air quality improved amid the coronavirus pandemic, but a Houston-area organization said air quality in communities located near major industrial sectors still needs attention.

Houston’s first Climate Action Plan calls on the city’s 4,600 energy companies to lead the transition to renewable sources, while residents are asked to swap car rides for mass transit and work to cut down on the estimated seven pounds of waste each person discards every day.

Experts at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) are working on the data describing air quality, regional mobility, and energy demand to find out the extent of regional and statewide changes because of the and results of stay-at-home orders.

The history of the villages in The Woodlands and the neighboring cities of Shenandoah and Oak Ridge North can only be traced back about five decades, but the formation of these communities took place on land that has seen wilderness transformed into lumber mills, railroads and, finally, into residential areas in the past century.

HARC to host educational seminar on Feb. 20 to discuss how to tackle the growing feral hog population and will feature guest speaker Chris Watts, a wildlife damage management biologist with the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension and the Texas Wildlife Services Program.

Houston’s trees are showing off. They’re popping with sunshine yellows, luxurious reds and rare, breathtaking bright oranges. And their performance, which peaked last week, has been turning heads: While it’s not totally atypical to see these colors in Southeast Texas, it is unusual to see so much.

Nestled in the woods at the corner of Gosling and Research Forest is HARC (the Houston Advanced Research Center). It is a nonprofit research hub providing independent analysis on energy, air, and water issues with research activities that support implementation of policies and technologies that promote sustainability.

Volume IV of Interfaith’s The Book The Woodlands celebrates the many acts of service that are deeply woven into the fabric of our community. As we honor the vision and work of those before us, Interfaith will continue to be a connector of resources and needs, a shining beacon of light and service in our community.

For the fifth straight year since its inception, the Galveston Bay report card, released in August, shows Texas’ largest estuary has earned an overall C grade, evidence of its resiliency to the effects of the historic storm.

Our state’s largest estuary, with a watershed that stretches all the way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and includes half the Texas population, has once again received its annual grade from the Galveston Bay Foundation, in collaboration with the Houston Advanced Research Center and the Houston Endowment.

We know Galveston Bay is beautiful, but is it making the grade when it comes to overall health? Morning Dose's Maggie Flecknoe gives us a first-look at the 2019 Galveston Bay Report Card ahead of its official release.

Wetlands and water quality in and around Galveston Bay took a dip last year after significant loss of habitat and increased levels of phosphorous, according to the newly release 2019 Galveston Bay Report Card.

The water quality in Texas’ largest estuary worsened in 2018, a report released Wednesday stated, owing to higher concentrations of pollutants in regional watersheds and bayous and possible lingering effects from Hurricane Harvey.

House Bill 2571, a piece of legislation written by state Rep. Steve Toth, R-Woodlands, and Rep. Will Metcalf, R-Conroe, and sponsored by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, to designate portion of I-45 as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway.

Education for Tomorrow Alliance (EfTA) hosted its annual summer Student Internship Program (SIP) luncheon presented by Sam Houston State University on Tuesday, June 25th at the Lone Star College Community Building.

HARC will partner with City of Houston to develop its Climate Action Plan. “In follow up to our work on the City of Houston’s Sustainability Action Plan, this initiative will support environmental sustainability community-wide,” states Dr. Gavin Dillingham, HARC's Program Director, Clean Energy Policy.